State and local officials have granted gifts to children, especially, poor, underprivileged and ill children across the country on the occasion of this year’s Mid-autumn festival, annually held on the 15th day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar (September 15 this year).

It is time to raise awareness and change the mindset about developing tourism, which must be treated following market rules, said Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue.

The national carrier reschedules several flights between Vietnam and Taiwan for September 14 and 15.

VOV.VN - Chairman of the municipal Danang People’s Committee Huynh DucTho has praised Japanese partners for conducting a survey on the Danang-Hoi An monorail project.

VOV.VN - Torrential rains and severe floods caused by tropical storm Rai in the central region have left 15 dead and missing, destroyed thousands of houses and submerged more than 15,000 subsidiary crops.

Thailand’s Department of Disease Control (DDC) on September 14 instructed all 12 Emergency Operation Centres to increase their alert level to level two amidst the spread of Zika virus epidemic. 

VOV.VN - On September 14, Miss Vietnam 2016 Do My Linh, the first runner-up Thanh Tu and other beauties participated in the Mid-Autumn Festival in Hanoi together with 400 disadvantaged children from the National Institute of Haematology and Blood Transfusion.  

A local auto engineer in southern Vietnam has successfully put together a homemade helicopter capable of covering short distances at low altitude.

Local users are likely to experience slow connection speeds through September 19 as the unreliable, rupture-prone AAG gets serviced.

Many streets in Hanoi are now covered with dense grass just over two months since local authorities halted spending on flower and grass cutting from July 1 this year to cut costs. 

A car parked inside the Terminal T2 at the Noi Bai International Airport suddenly caught fire and burst into flames at first light on September 14, killing the driver inside.

Localities in the central region have been asked to overcome the consequences of storm Rai, the fourth hitting Vietnam so far this year.

The Prime Minister has instructed the central province of Quang Nam and relevant agencies to focus all resources on dealing with the dam break incident at Song Bung 2 hydroelectric plant in Nam Giang district. 

Four Vietnamese fishermen saved at sea by Chinese rescuers two months ago are scheduled to arrive in the central city of Da Nang on September 14 night, according to the Vietnamese Consulate General in China’s Guangzhou. 

A slogan penned by a ninth grader from the northern province of Bac Kan has been selected to appear on posters to raise awareness of traffic safety among students nationwide in 2016.

President of the Vietnam Association of Victims of Agent Orange (VAVA) Nguyen Van Rinh has urged the association’s chapters at all levels to seek new ways to mobilise more support for AO victims. 

VOV.VN - Ngoc Han took to the stage with children in the My Duc District of Hanoi on September 13 for an evening of music, dance and comedy in celebration of the Mid-Autumn Festival. 

VOV.VN - The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho and  the Cités Unies Franceon September 14  co-hosted the tenth conference on cooperation between Vietnamese and French localities in the presence of Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam.

VOV.VN -Rescue teams in central Vietnam raced to save victims and determine casualties on September 13, after a dam burst in Quang Nam Province unleashing a devastating surge of thick, red toxic mud.

The Vietnam Railway Corporation (VNR) will sell train tickets from October 1 for the upcoming Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday.

A Vietnamese woman, 40, was diagnosed with Zika virus while travelling in Japan, according to the General Department of Preventive Medicine under the Vietnamese Ministry of Health. 

Malaysia has confirmed two other cases inflected with Zika virus, raising the total number of infections in the country to six, the Health Ministry reported on September 13. 

The potential for solar energy in Vietnam is huge but needs appropriate policies to encourage investment, a recent conference heard in HCM City. 

The Nguyen Du Lao-Vietnamese bilingual language school in Vientiane, Laos, launched its new school year on September 14, welcoming 1,897 students at all levels. 

Vietnamese and US officials have exchanged information on religious affairs during a round-table discussion held in Washington DC as part of the visit of a delegation from the Vietnamese Government Committee for Religious Affairs to the US from September 11-13. 

The Vietnam Journalists Association (VJA) and the All-China Journalists Association (ACJA) have agreed to strengthen cooperation in news reporting so that the two sides’ media can accurately report their respective countries’ socio-economic development. 

Health experts have raised more concerns over the negative health impacts of alcohol after seeing an increased drinking rate among the Vietnamese population and an increased volume of alcohol consumed in the country. 

VOV.VN - US Ambassador to Vietnam Ted Osius on September 13 presented mid-autumn gifts to children affected by Agent Orange (AO) dioxin at the Vietnam Friendship Village.

Vietnamese nutrition experts have warned of a serious vitamin E deficiency among children resulting from parents’ and child-care workers’ poor knowledge of healthy nutrition.

VOV.VN -Vinpearl, a subsidiary of Vingroup, has been presented The Guide Awards 2016 in recognition of its outstanding performance in the tourism sector.